Reality TV
Author | : Misha Kavka |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2012-02-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780748637249 |
ISBN-13 | : 0748637249 |
Rating | : 4/5 (249 Downloads) |
Download or read book Reality TV written by Misha Kavka and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is reality TV a coherent genre? This book addresses this question by examining the characteristics, contexts and breadth of reality TV through a history of its programming trends. Paying attention to stylistic connections as well as key concepts, this study breaks reality television down into three main 'generations': the camcorder generation, the competition generation and the celebrity generation. Beginning with a consideration of the applicability of the term 'genre' for this televisual hybrid, the book takes a transnational approach to investigating the forms and formats of reality TV framed by relevant popular and critical discourses.